Author: Toras Avigdor
Rav Avigdor Miller on Simchas Torah
Q: How would the Rav say we should best use the dancing and singing on Simchas Torah in order to serve Hashem?
Parshas Bereishis – The Gift of Light
פרשת בראשית HOW DID HASHEM CREATE THE WORLD? In Pirkei Avos we find a mishna that is usually studied in a most superficial manner, and yet it contains a hint to one of the most important principles of service to Hashem. So we’ll read this mishna together, as well as a gemara that accompanies…
Yom Kippur – Asking For Life
Asking for Life Transcribed from tape #803 Bruchim habaim, welcome everyone. We are about to begin be’ezras Hashem number 803. THE KEDUSHA OF KOL NIDREI NIGHT On Kol nidrei night, besides for all the other aspects of kedushah that it has, there is something special that makes it even more kadosh. The Torah (Bereishis…
Parshas Netzavim – The purpose of worldly reward
פרשת נצבים THE GREAT TRANSITION In this week’s parsha, Hashem warns the Am Yisroel about the terrible consequences of having been brought into the land of Eretz Yisroel, and then turning away from Hashem to walk in the materialistic ways of the nations inhabiting the land. פן יש בכם איש או אשה או משפחה…
Parshas Ki Savo – Magnitude of Gratitude
פרשת כי תבא FOLLOW THE OX In this week’s parsha, we are introduced to the mitzvah of bikkurim, the bringing of the first fruits of your field to Yerushalayim, and presenting them to the kohanim in the Beis Hamikdash. The farmer is commanded to bring his fruit-laden baskets to Hashem and speak out words…